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Lot 93
STATUETTE D'UN LAMA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE REPOUSSÉ ET DORÉ Mongolia, Style de Dolonnor, XVIIIe/XIXe siècle
10 December 2024, 10:30 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€2,500 - €3,000
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STATUETTE D'UN LAMA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE REPOUSSÉ ET DORÉ
Mongolia, Style de Dolonnor, XVIIIe/XIXe siècle
A GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF A LAMA
Mongolia, Dolonnor Style, 18th/19th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 1984
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with hands raised in dharmachakra mudra, wearing long flowing pleated robes, detailed with incised floral scrolls at the hems, the face with a stern expression.
20 cm (7 7/8 in) high
A GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF A LAMA
Mongolia, Dolonnor Style, 18th/19th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 1984
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with hands raised in dharmachakra mudra, wearing long flowing pleated robes, detailed with incised floral scrolls at the hems, the face with a stern expression.
20 cm (7 7/8 in) high
Footnotes
蒙古 多倫諾爾風格 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金錘揲喇嘛像
The Qing emperors and court had a close affinity to Tibetan Buddhism and revered the high lamas of the major sects. An essay written by Emperor Qianlong in the 56th year of his reign (1791) titled, Lama shuo [On Lamaism], discloses the Court's attitude and policy towards Lamaism, see Wang Baoguang, 'An Analysis of the Relationship between the Qing Emperor's Belief in Tibetan Buddhism and Their Tactics of Running China from the Aspect of Lama Shuo (on Lamaism)', in Lightness of Essence: Tibetan Buddhism Relics of the Palace Museum, Macau, 2003, p.370. Wang notes that the religion was important not simply as a venerated belief and faith, but also as a tactic of governance effective in stabilising outer regions such as Mongolia. The proliferation of Tibetan Buddhist figures, including Lamas such as the present lot, during the 18th/19th centuries is a testament to the religion's political and cultural importance.